[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Spring kit for 1858 Remington

Posted: 4/6/2013 1:16:15 PM EDT

I have an older Pietta Remington 1858 and the cocking effort is noticeably a lot heavier than a Colt revolver. Are there any spring kits to help? Thanks.

Posted: 4/8/2013 10:42:48 AM EDT

[#1]

My Petta 58 is the same way. I have thought about working the spring over like an hour glass to get easier cocking under .thumb.

Posted: 4/14/2013 4:46:31 AM EDT

[#2]

I don't know of any "Kits" like you can get for say a 1911

My Dad is one heck of a good BP pistolsmith, and he just tears down new pistols and cleans up the working ends of the springs and gets some amazing trigger pulls and such

Posted: 4/28/2013 8:13:30 PM EDT

[#3]

I was able to get a Pietta spring repair kit from Cabelas online....around 25 bucks iirc

Posted: 4/30/2013 7:06:24 AM EDT

[#4]

My 1858 Remington Navy has a much heavier pull than my Colt Navy 1851. I tried smoothing the parts but did not notice a measurable difference. Check out Dixie for parts - you will have to do your own work.

Posted: 5/5/2013 5:31:36 PM EDT

[#5]

Shoot em.

I've got 3, and in time they seem to break in. all 3 have been used over 20 years for reenacting... so you may not be willing to put that much into breaking them in.

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